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Historical Items

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Item 105283

Fort Williams Theatre, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1940

Courtesy of Tom Richards, an individual partner Date: circa 1940 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic Print

Item 110862

Chow at Fort Williams, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1942 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: watercolor

Item 102429

Fort Williams, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Fallen Heroes: Jewish Soldiers and Sailors, The Great War

Thirty-four young Jewish men from Maine died in the service of their country in the two World Wars. This project, including a Maine Memory Network exhibit, is meant to say a little something about some of them. More than just names on a public memorial marker or grave stone, these men were getting started in adult life. They had newly acquired high school and college diplomas, they had friends, families and communities who loved and valued them, and felt the losses of their deaths.

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

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Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees

While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.

Site Pages

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"The guns were fired from Ft. Williams, the horns came from the 5th Maine Infantry band, and whistles were from the steamboat Calvin Austin."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Blanchard started around 1903 with over 4,000 ft. of glass. Jenkins sold his business to Maurice Small in 1945, who in turn sold it in 1964 to…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… a few years, Baird’s quarry works were 500 by 250 ft. Blacksmith shops, huge derricks, and boiler houses to run the steam drills sprang up on the…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

My Mom was a nurse in the 8055 MASH, Korea
by Pat MacPherson

I’m so proud of my mother and the thousands of Army & Navy nurses who served in WWII & Korea